Herrenalb Abbey
Herrenalb Abbey (German: Kloster Herrenalb; Latin: Alba dominorum) is a former Cistercian monastery in the present Bad Herrenalb in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Imperial Abbey of Herrenalb Reichskloster Herrenalb | |||||||||||
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| 1148–1497 | |||||||||||
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Herrenalb Abbey: entrance porch of the ruined abbey church, ca 1900 | |||||||||||
| Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||||||
| Capital | Herrenalb Abbey | ||||||||||
| Government | Theocracy | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Founded by Cty Eberstein | ca 1148 | ||||||||||
• Gained Imperial immediacy | 1275 | ||||||||||
• Under Vogtei of Mgvt Baden | 1289 | ||||||||||
1338 | |||||||||||
• Divided between the Vögte | 1497 | ||||||||||
• Abandoned after Ulrich introduced Reformation to Württemberg | 1536 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||
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